Santa's Hotel Tunturi, Saariselka, Finland / Lapland

A unique hotel with an excellent choice of rooms and suites, including the luxury Gielas wing. I love the atmosphere here, backed up by friendly service and great food. The well established, comfortable accommodation buildings are set in a charming wooded area near the cross-country ski trails, within an easy 2-3 minute walk of the main Tunturi building which houses the reception, bar and the restaurants.

• Attractive and comfortable hotel
• Holiday Club leisure centre approx. 5 minutes’ walk (500m)
• Luxury Gielas wing and newly renovated Kontio building offering superb family bedrooms, all with private bath/wc, sauna and balcony
• Family suites have private saunas
• Small children’s play area
• Reception lounge area and cosy lounge bar
• Use of toboggans (€2)
• Free Wi-Fi in all rooms and suites
• Hot and cold buffet breakfast
• Half-board includes excellent 3-course evening meals with choices (buffet-style), with a special Gala Buffet Dinner on your last night*

I have chosen this hotel for its renowned friendly service and excellent food, and the fact that so many guests come back year after year. Well designed, the hotel features a main central building as its focal point, including the reception, restaurants and bar, where musical entertainment is on offer every evening.

Santa’s SAVERS

• Half Board included in all my holiday prices
• Use of toboggans (€2 charge)
• Free upgrade rooms (subject to availability)

There is a super range of family rooms and suites available in different shapes and sizes, as follows, and larger apartments with 3 and 5 bedrooms are available on request. Most room types have a private sauna, and whilst all the bedrooms are comfortable, the Family Suites offer that extra bit of space if you want to spread out.

Type A Bedrooms, sleep 2-4 – with twin beds and a double sofa-bed (suitable for one adult or two children), private en suite shower, wc, satellite TV, telephone, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.

Supplements*: Single room supplement: £55

Type B Family Suites, sleep 3-4– Twin bedroom and a separate lounge with double sofa-bed, sharing private sauna/shower/wc, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.

Supplements*: 4 Sharing £14, 3 Sharing £20

Type C Family Suites, sleep 5-6 – Two twin bedrooms and a separate lounge with double sofa-bed, sharing private sauna/shower/wc, further separate wc, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities. These suites may be on two levels, with an internal staircase with stair-gates.

Supplements*: 6 Sharing £25, 5 Sharing £30, 4 Sharing £50

Type F 4-room apartments, sleep 6-8 – As type C but larger and with an additional bedroom.

Supplements*: 8 Sharing £ Nil, 7 Sharing £5, 6 Sharing £12.

5-Bedroom apartments, sleep 10-13 – A spacious 5-bedroom apartment with 5 twin bedrooms and sofa-beds for 3 in the lounge area. It has its own private sauna and jacuzzi.

Supplements*: 13 Sharing Deduct £10, 12 Sharing Deduct £3, 11 Sharing £5, 10 Sharing £10.

The hotel’s 'Kontio’ building has been newly renovated and is the nearest accommodation to the Tunturi reception and restaurants building.

Kontio Deluxe Bedrooms, sleep 2-3 – are spacious and newly renovated rooms in the Kontio building (close to the main Tunturi building) and have twin beds and a sofa-bed (for one child), sauna, private en suite shower, wc, satellite TV, telephone, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.

Supplements*: 3 sharing £35, 2 sharing £50

Kontio Suites, sleep 3-4 – are newly renovated and spacious suites (close to the main Tunturi building) with a twin bedroom and a sofa-bed (suitable for one adult or two children) in the lounge area, sauna, private en suite shower, wc, satellite TV, telephone, hairdryer and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.

Supplements*: 4 sharing £40, 3 sharing £50

The hotel’s impressive 'Gielas’ wing provides the highest standards in Saariselkä, and is just 2-3 minutes walk from the main Tunturi building. The Gielas offers spacious and stylish family rooms, plus a small range of boutiques.

Gielas Type D Family Bedrooms, sleep 2-4 – two single beds and a double sofa-bed, (suitable for one adult or two children), private en suite bath/shower, wc, sauna, balcony, satellite TV, telephone, hairdryer, and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.

Gielas Type E Family Bedrooms, sleep 3-4 – more spacious than a Type D with two single beds and a double sofa-bed, (suitable for one adult or two children), private en suite bath/shower, wc, sauna, balcony, satellite TV, telephone, hairdryer, and tea/coffee/cocoa-making facilities.
Supplements*: £12 on Gielas basic price.

*Room supplements are per person per night.